The government's demand from such companies increased many times more than their net worth and the Centre asked them to go to the Supreme Court against such dues. While Oil India Ltd filed a clarificatory/ modificatory petition on Wednesday, GAIL approached the apex court on Thursday.

The government officials has assured the industry that additional issues like request for dynamic IP addresses, additional backhaul spectrum, greater relaxation in filing compliance requirements due to the extension of the nationwide lockdown period, among others would all be reviewed and decisions taken speedily to help the industry.

Trai said “Airtel and VIL had followed a selective approach” in giving relaxation to subscribers in extending the validity and giving a credit of Rs 10 to each subscriber, and as a result “all the 2G subscribers were not covered and are facing hardships” in absence of any recharge facilities.

The telecom operator had said it is an important measure to avoid disruption in the networks to support work from home. The company on March 23, wrote to Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, BSNL and MTNL for an intra circle roaming (ICR) arrangement terming it "of paramount importance" to serve the nation and prepare for any kind of exigency.